The hearing will begin with opening statements from Senate Judiciary Committee members Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, as well as Ford and Kavanaugh.

First, there will be from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley and Senator Dianne Feinstein, who was the first senator to know about Ford’s allegation against Kavanaugh. According to neither senator will have a time limit on their statements. Then, Ford will read her opening statement, which was released on Wednesday night. Kavanaugh will then read his opening statement, which was also

The chair Dr Ford and Judge Kavanaugh will be seated in for tomorrow’s Judiciary Cmte hearing:

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After opening statements, both Ford and Kavanaugh will be asked questions by the committee members.

Following opening statements, Ford, then Kavanaugh, will be questioned by the senators on the committee. Each senator will be given five minutes to ask questions, with the option to yield their time. Ford and Kavanaugh will not be in the room while the other testifies, and Ford will exit the room before Kavanaugh enters. According to NBC News reporter , Democrats on the committee are not pleased with the format of the hearing, because they believe they need more times for questions.

Dems not happy w/ format, per this Dem aide: “In initial talks, Dr. Ford’s team wanted an FBI investigation and no questions from outside parties. With those requests denied, we feel that senators need more time to uncover the facts that Republicans are trying to hide.”

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Senate Republicans hired a female lawyer to ask their questions.

The 11 Senate Republicans on the committee, who are all men, announced on Tuesday that they had hired a lawyer named Rachel Mitchell to question Ford on their behalf. They said it was to prevent the hearings from becoming a “sideshow.” Mitchell is a sex crimes prosecutor from Arizona. Ford’s lawyers stated that they did not want a third party to conduct the questioning, and later announced that they were not able to meet with Mitchell before Thursday despite requests to do so.

Dr Ford's team says even though they requested it, they were not able to meet today w/ Rachel Mitchell, the outside counsel that will ask the questions for the GOP at Thursday's hearing.

Here’s what else to know:

On Wednesday morning, Kavanaugh and his legal team provided Kavanaugh’s calendar for the summer of 1982 as evidence that he did not assault Ford. Ford’s allegation was corroborated that same morning by four people who claim that Ford told them about the assault while they were in high school.